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Void House – Gon Zifroni
Project: Void House
Author: Gon Zifroni (Metahaven) assisted by POM-Archi for the construction
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Image Credits: Filip Dujardin
The program and plan are structured by floors for the agency of spaces and voids outside and inside the house. The ground floor is accessible from the street while the entrance to house is in the back.
The architectural envelop as a limit between the public and the private is put to test and reprogrammed. The house is designed from the standpoint of the commissioned program—a private house for two—but also from that of the common non-program—public space.
Placed on concrete slabs, the wooden structure is made entirely of fir from the Black Forest. The walls and floors are lined with bamboo.
A slightly tilted, seven-meter roof opening allows daylight to reach all parts of the house. The ground floor can be closed with pivoting wooden fences, yet keeping a permanent 5 meter deep public space under the built volume.
Via: abitare
